Original Word: τύπος, ου, ὁPart of Speech: Noun, MasculineTransliteration: tuposPhonetic Spelling: (too'-pos)Short Definition: a figure, model, typeDefinition: (originally: the mark of a blow, then a stamp struck by a die), (a) a figure; a copy, image, (b) a pattern, model, (c) a type, prefiguring something or somebody.

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5179týpos (from 5180/týptō, "strike repeatedly") – properly, a model forged by repetition; (figuratively) the correct paradigm, based on reliable precedent for others to then follow, (i.e. the right example, a proper pattern).

[In the papyri, 5179 (týpos) means "pattern" (P Ryl II. 75.8). 5179 (týpos) is also used of a judicial proceeding, "Let an inquiry be made into his means; only there is a principle according to which I have often judged" (MM, 645).]

3.form: διδαχῆς, i. e. the teaching which embodies the sum and substance of religion and represents it to the mind, Romans 6:17; equivalent to manner of writing, the contents and form of a letter, Acts 23:25 (3Macc. 3:30).

4.an example; α. in the technical sense, viz. the pattern in conformity to which a thing must be made: Acts 7:44; Hebrews 8:5,(Exodus 25:40). β. in an ethical sense, a dissuasive example, pattern of warning: plural of ruinous events which serve as admonitions or warnings to others, 1 Corinthians 10:6, 11RG; an example to be imitated: of men worthy of imitation, Philippians 3:17; with a genitive of the person to whom the example is offered, 1 Timothy 4:12; 1 Peter 5:3; τύπονἑαυτόνδιδόναιτίνι, 2 Thessalonians 3:9; γενέσθαιτύπον (τύπους, RL marginal reading WH marginal reading; cf. Winer's Grammar, § 27, 1 note) τίνι, 1 Thessalonians 1:7; παρέχεσθαιἑαυτόντύπονκαλῶνἔργων, to show oneself an example of good works, Titus 2:7. γ. in a doctrinal sense, a type, i. e. a person or thing prefiguring a future (Messianic) person or thing: in this sense Adam is called τύποςτοῦμέλλοντος namely, Ἀδάμ, i. e. of Jesus Christ, each of the two having exercised a pre-eminent influence upon the human race (the former destructive, the latter saving), Romans 5:14.

1 Corinthians 10:11AdvGRK:ταῦτα δὲ τυπικῶς συνέβαινεν ἐκείνοιςNAS: happened to them as an example, and they were writtenKJV: unto them for ensamples: andINT: these things moreover [as] types happened to them